銅牆鐵壁

Chinese

		copper	wall	iron	wall; rampart
trad. (銅牆鐵壁)		銅	牆	鐵	壁
simp. (铜墙铁壁)		铜	墙	铁	壁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngqiángtiěbì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ coeng⁴ tit³ bik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâng-chhiûⁿ-thih-piah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngqiángtiěbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngciángtiěbì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-chʻiang²-tʻieh³-pi⁴
    • Yale: túng-chyáng-tyě-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngchyangtieebih
    • Palladius: тунцянтеби (tuncjantebi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ coeng⁴ tit³ bik¹
    • Yale: tùhng chèuhng tit bīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ tsoeng⁴ tit⁸ bik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ cêng⁴ tid³ big¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tʰiːt̚³ pɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâng-chhiûⁿ-thih-piah
    • Tâi-lô: tâng-tshiûnn-thih-piah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dangchviu'tihpiaq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiũ²³ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ piaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiũ²⁴ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²⁴ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/

Idiom

銅牆鐵壁

1. impregnable and indestructible wall or barrier
2. (figuratively) something very firm and indestructible

   • 同志們，真正的銅牆鐵壁是什麼？是群眾，是千百萬真心實意地擁護革命的群眾。 [MSC, trad.]
     同志们，真正的铜墙铁壁是什么？是群众，是千百万真心实意地拥护革命的群众。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1934, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關心群眾生活，注意工作方法》 (Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung), English translation based on the Foreign Language Press edition

     Tóngzhìmen, zhēnzhèng de tóngqiángtiěbì shì shénme? Shì qúnzhòng, shì qiānbǎiwàn zhēnxīnshíyì de yōnghù gémìng de qúnzhòng. [Pinyin]

     Comrades! What is a true bastion of iron? It is the masses, the millions upon millions of people who genuinely and sincerely support the revolution.